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Show HN: Tip – use ctrl and w to rapid delete in terminal / shell

• wsc981 12y ago
  Useful tip. Made me realise ctrl-s works to go to start of line and ctrl-e to end of line. This is probably common knowledge for any Linux user but for me as a Mac user it's a revelation.
  • amk_ 12y ago
    You mean ctrl-a for beginning-of-line?
    • atsaloli 12y ago
      Yeah, it's ctrl-A for start of line. Here's a good cheatsheet: http://www.bigsmoke.us/readline/shortcuts http://www.bigsmoke.us/readline/shortcuts
• choicenotchance 12y ago
  That's just common knowledge. I mean, anyone who has worked for about a year on linux would know.
• nstart 12y ago
  Thank you! Didn't know this till today.
• stevekemp 12y ago
  This handling comes from readline, rather than your terminal/shell. Readline has many shortcuts available here's a random assortment: http://teohm.com/blog/2012/01/04/shortcuts-to-move-faster-in-bash-command-line/ http://teohm.com/blog/2012/01/04/shortcuts-to-move-faster-in...
  • ksherlock 12y ago
    ^W, ^U, ^C, ^S, ^Q, ^Z, etc are handled by the terminal driver. See stty -a
• jdmoreira 12y ago
  https://github.com/0nn0/terminal-mac-cheatsheet/wiki/Terminal-Cheatsheet-for-Mac-(-basics-) https://github.com/0nn0/terminal-mac-cheatsheet/wiki/Termina...
  • cwt 12y ago
    This is glorious!